Wimbledon fans paid eye-watering amount per minute to watch one of shortest finals ever

Iga Swiatek demolished Amanda Anisimova to win her first Wimbledon title in what was one of the shortest finals in the tournament's history at just 57 minutes. Swiatek beat Anisimova without dropping a single set - the first time that has happened in the final since 1911.

And the fans in attendance at Wimbledon had forked out a huge amount of money to watch Swiatek make history, with the most expensive ticket costing £315. That ticket is for a full day on Centre Court, but if you only turned up after the men's doubles final ended then that would work at £5.53 for each minute of action in the women's final.

The cheapest Centre Court ticket cost £240, which works out at £4.21 per minute. Reflecting on her dominant victory, Swiatek said: "This feels surreal. I want to congratulate Amanda for an amazing two weeks, no matter what happened today.

"I hope we are going to play many tournaments together and congrats to your team as well. I didn't even dream about this because it felt too far away. I feel like I am an experienced player but I never expected this win.

"My team believed in me more than I did and I want to thank my coach who joined me this year. We have showed everyone that this is working. This is the best thing that a player can have."

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Anisimova, meanwhile, was left in tears after her defeat and confessed she simply "ran out of gas" in her first Grand Slam final. "Thank you to everyone that's supported me since my first round match here," she said.

"You guys have carried me through this entire Championships. Even tough I ran out of gas a bit today and I wish I could have put in a better performance for you, you guys have been there for me and lifted me up so thank you so much."

Anisimova also paid tribute to her mother, Olga, who flew in from America to watch the final. "Thank you for being here and breaking the superstition of not flying in - it isn't why I lost here," she joked.

"Thank you to everyone that put on this incredible tournament. It's been such a privilege to play here and get to this Championship match.

"I'll never forget this experience and all of these memories. Thank you to everyone that's been a part of this."

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